Tech IndustryFeb 8, 2019

Thoughts on Niantic?

In early stage interviews with Niantic and was wondering everyone’s thoughts on them. They recently raised $245M at a $4B valuation...

Amazon Yikes12 Feb 8, 2019

Growing crazy with 88% YOY growth in revenue. John hanke and Phil Keslin are proven leaders. Ex-Google team. Free food. Cool benefits. Great comp. Mulling IPO in 3-4 years. These are the reason I am joining it.

Google bmy2012 Jul 2, 2020

So how did that work out for you?

Facebook in$ta Feb 9, 2019

Do it.

Tesla > Toyota Feb 9, 2019

They have a lot of crowdsourced data that few other companies can compare. This puts them in a very strong position

Facebook hphpd Feb 9, 2019

Data that hasn't yet been hit by scandal or regulatory pressure, too!

Snapchat bloopblop Feb 21, 2019

They have a really cool culture and very strong leaders. No politics, and beautiful view and office. Their office is also so central to public transportation that it's easy to get to. They're working on interesting problems and games that have high visibility. I just finished their interview process, waiting on an offer now.

Microsoft hisky Feb 21, 2019

How is the compensation there? Competitive with FB or Google?

Microsoft beansprout Mar 1, 2019

Awful company. Can’t recommend it to anyone in good conscience.

Microsoft hisky Mar 1, 2019

Can you elaborate more? I am interviewing with them. Thanks.

Microsoft foe63k Mar 1, 2019

There’s a lot of politics. Upper management does not run the company well. The greatest asset is the people but these factors are driving the best away.

Salesforce UQjW31 OP Mar 1, 2019

Would love to hear more about this as well.

Microsoft msoUser Mar 5, 2019

Niantic grew too fast. They have great engineers but first line managers and above are either overworked or very political. Niniane Wang is a mediocre leader at best.

Microsoft foe63k Mar 6, 2019

Completely agree.